SKETCHES OF A TOUR TO THE WESTERN COUNTRY, THROUGH THE STATES OF OHIO AND KENTUCKY; A VOYAGE DOWN THE OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, AND A TRIP THROUGH THE MISSISSIPPI TERRITORY, AND PART OF WEST FLORIDA; COMMENCED AT PHILADELPHIA IN THE WINTER OF 1807, AND CONCLUDED IN 1809.; With notes and an appendix, containing some interesting facts, together with a notice of an expedition through Louisiana

Fortescue Cuming

Verlag: Cramer, Spear & Eichbaum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1810

Beschreibung

First Edition. 504 pp. Early full leather binding. Boards a little rubbed, but the binding is sound, with "Western County" leather spine label. Text toned throughout, with some dampstaining to the text, mostly near the final +/- 20 pages. Howes C-947: "Excellent and extensive observations on pioneer conditions throughout the Ohio and lower Mississippi valleys." Sabin 17890. Clark OLD SOUTH II, 13: "Accurate and detailed description of social and economic conditions along the frontier." Streeter sale III, 1325: "One of the best early accounts of the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys." Eberstadt 138, 192: "Minute description of the numerous towns and localities through which he passed and of the pioneers he met and studied." Servies 808. Thomson 286: "One of the most interesting works relating to the west.". Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 100251

Bibliografische Details

Titel: SKETCHES OF A TOUR TO THE WESTERN COUNTRY, ...

Verlag: Cramer, Spear & Eichbaum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Erscheinungsdatum: 1810

Einband: Hardcover

Auflage: 1. Auflage